Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 43:2

2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men , saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there .

Of Iohanan we have before heard, but not of Azariah, unless under the name of Iezaniah, chap. 42.1. but that is incertain▪ These men are called proud men, either because they were the great men, or because their conceit of themselves, led them into this fatal errour. Pride is nothing else but a mans mind swelling in an opinion of himself, and alwayes takes its rise from some higher ground the person possessed of it thinks he stands upon, and a very little hillock will serve the turn, those who have nothing else of pretence will make a silk Coat, or a peice of Silver lace serve their turn. One mans spirit swells upon account of his descent, another upon account of his riches, a third upon the account of his Learning, Parts, and Wit, a fourth upon the account of his or her beauty; these men are called proud men▪ possibly upon account of their greatness, they were Captains, and the chief of the Jews now left; but chiefly upon account of the good opinion they had of their own Reason and Wit, by which they judged they knew better how to guide themselves for their own security, then Ieremiah could teach them; which Pride or good opinion men have of themselves, is a great root of disobedience, all men sin either through passion or Pride, or both, either gratifie their sensitive appetite or their rational appetite as it is in man since the fall.

Because it had been down right Atheism, and a disclaiming of God, to have said, they knew better what to do, then God could tell them, they only tell the Prophet God had not sent him. As in these times Hypocrites, whose Lusts will not allow them to do the Will of God, think to secure themselves by denying that to be the Will of God, and finding out other senses to put upon Scripture then are according to truth.